Game completed

Denver Nuggets22-9126atOrlando Magic18-14127 winner

Sat, Dec 27, 7:00 PM ESTKia Center, Orlando, FLAltitude 2 · FanDuel Sports Network - Florida / WESH 2

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	31	31	31	33	126
ORL	23	25	36	43	127

Denver Nuggets

126

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	34	14	6	3	0	3	2	4-7	3-5	3-5	+8
Peyton WatsonPF	35	15	5	0	2	0	1	6-9	1-3	2-2	+11
Nikola JokićC	38	34	21	12	1	0	4	11-22	0-0	12-13	+16
Tim Hardaway Jr.SG	33	20	4	2	0	0	0	6-14	4-12	4-4	-1
Jamal MurrayPG	37	24	5	3	0	0	2	9-21	2-6	4-4	+6
Bruce Brown	27	2	3	4	2	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Julian Strawther	17	13	0	1	0	0	1	5-6	1-2	2-2	-13
Jalen Pickett	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Jonas Valančiūnas	10	4	4	1	0	0	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-17
Team		126	56	27	5	3	16	44-86	11-29	27-30

DNP: DaRon Holmes II, Curtis Jones, Zeke Nnaji, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (injury), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury)

Orlando Magic

127

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond BaneSF	38	24	1	6	0	1	7-13	0-2	10-10	+15
Paolo BancheroPF	36	12	6	6	0	3	6-13	0-2	0-4	-11
Wendell Carter Jr.C	38	18	7	4	0	0	8-16	1-4	1-2	-18
Anthony BlackSG	30	38	6	5	2	1	14-24	7-11	3-6	+6
Tyus JonesPG	23	0	1	6	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Tristan da Silva	30	17	5	0	1	0	7-11	2-4	1-2	+2
Jase Richardson	17	4	3	1	1	1	1-4	0-3

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · ORL: 7
Biggest lead · DEN: 17
Times tied: 9
Lead changes: 15
Longest run · ORL: 10

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: DENBody clock: DEN4 in 6: both

DEN has the rest edge with 44.5h between tipoffs, 20.5h more than ORL.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,550 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is dealing with east-to-west pressure: 2h on the body clock and +2h of zone shift.
Both teams are navigating a 4 in 6 spot, which raises the fatigue floor on each side.
DEN is in game 1 of 7 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	ORL
Record	22-9	18-14
Days rest	1 day edge	B2B
Hours rest	44.5h	24h
Rest swing	+20.5h	-20.5h
Travel in	1,550 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	+2h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 7	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	B2B4 in 6
Fatigue Index	8	5 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 8 vs. ORL's 5.

How each side got here1,550 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

DEN

1,550 mi

Denver, COOrlando, FL

DEN came from Denver, CO with 1,550 mi of travel and +2h of time-zone change.

Denver, CO to Orlando, FL

ORL

0 mi

Orlando, FLNo travel

ORL stayed in Orlando, FL between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Orlando, FL

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 7 vs homestand 2 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 1 of 7 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 7

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles3,940 mi

ORL

Homestand

ORL is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

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Local TV: DENAltitude 2ORLFanDuel Sports Network - Florida / WESH 2in-market
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